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Top digital cities for 2009
The Center for Digital Government has unveiled its annual list of top digital cities--those municipalities that are integrating information technology into operations to better serve their citizens.
Massive cloud failure wipes out customer data on T-Mobile Sidekicks
An outage over at Microsoft's Danger subsidiary has resulted in the loss of data for T-Mobile's Sidekick customers. For the uninitiated, the Danger Hiptop mobile device stores most of its user data
Mobile computing faces plenty of hurdles
Mobile computing for the enterprise is a fine idea, but it has a long way to go before things can be truly efficient. A new study finds that browsing the web on the go is just too hard and clumsy,
HP ProCurve controllers feature both wired and wireless
HP's networking division has unveiled a new "in-wall" access device that combines an 802.11b/g wireless Access Point (AP) with a built-in, four-port Ethernet switch. The HP ProCurve MSM317 Access
Bluetooth security still a challenge
Bluetooth offers a tremendous opportunity for mobile users, but Ooi Szu-Khiam, senior security consultant at Symantec, says that security is still a big issue. Indeed, research firm InsightExpress
Finding applications for RFID
All the talk was around RFID at this week's RFID World in Boston where a lot of the focus was on using second-generation active and passive radio frequency identification tags to provide security and
Verizon Wireless files FCC suit
Having failed to sway regulators at the FCC, Verizon Wireless has moved their battle to the courts, where they have asked District of Columbia Circuit Judges to review open-access rules on about a
Of wireless wonderlands and city politics
 It is disappointing to see Chicago and San Francisco's municipal wireless initiatives falter, because the biggest losers in that delay are the citizens who are disconnected from the digital
Wired LANs losing marketshare to wireless
A new report out from the Burton Group compares gigabit Ethernet with the latest version of WiFi, 802.11n, and notes that now is the time for companies to begin switching their local-area networks
Muni WiFi: One step forward, two steps back
Well, it certainly wasn't a happy week for people waiting for ubiquitous access to wireless Internet in major metropolitan areas. Chicago and San Francisco, two cities with major initiatives to
